by Shannon Poe | Apr 16, 2015 | News & Events
AMRA President Shannon Poe testified on behalf of suction dredgers April 14th. There were also approximately 40 miners in the room who were there in opposition to the bill. According to the newly released documents outlining the progress of the...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 15, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
IMPORTANT CALL TO ACTION IN CALIFORNIA ON SB637: We just learned minutes ago that the public only has until tomorrow to have a letter in opposition to SB637 in the hands of the next committee, the Environmental Quality Committee. Here is a sample letter from WMA and...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 15, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
Update on the Senate Committee testimony today: As expected, the sponsor of the bill, Senator Allen (D) was allowed to present testimony on mercury, but when it came time for the small miners, we were told it would have to be presented at another Committee hearing....
by Shannon Poe | Apr 12, 2015 | News & Events
Want to see one heck of a nugget? Take a look at this beauty AMRA member Mark West found on the AMRA claim, “The Contender” out of San Luis Obispo CA. 9.7 grams. Congratulations Mark…………there is big gold down...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 11, 2015 | News & Events
We just picked up AMRA’s newest claim “Forgotten Patriot” which is on the SF Clearwater and borders our Sasquatch 2 claim. This is a great dredge claim and we know it will produce some excellent gold. We will load this onto the system when we...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 10, 2015 | News & Events
Rita Wears Patrol Commander USFS R5, Angeles NF 444 East Bonita Ave. San Dimas CA 91773 Dear Ms. Wears, April 9, 2015 Two weeks ago we offered four (4) witnesses to you by phone to provide testimony on interactions they had with your LEO’s in SNF. Throughout our...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 9, 2015 | All About Mining, News & Events
USFS response to AMRA after we provided 4 witnesses testimony. This is the email from Commander Wears of the USFS and our short response back to her. We know this is going to anger you, like it does us, but please know we have a very detailed plan of action from here...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 9, 2015 | News & Events
Important call to action for all CA small miners: SB 637 (full text below) is a bill which is presented and sponsored by Democrat Senator Ben Allen out of Santa Monica/Malibu. This misguided bill, if passed would require the water board to issue permits and...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 6, 2015 | News & Events
Emergency action needed: We just learned that the public comment period for SB 637 ends tomorrow. The entire Resource Committee needs to hear from you. People, this is urgent and crucial we call them and tell them not to pass this bill. If would effectively end...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 6, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging
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